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TIL the peace sign consists of the semaphore signs for N and D, for Nuclear Disarmament - designed by Gerard Holtom for the 1958 British Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament. How did I not know that?

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ePn5 TIL that “Keep Calm and Carry On” posters were never used during wartime. The public didn’t actually see the design until a copy was found a few years ago in a second-hand bookshop in Northumberland.
W7pod TIL Nicolas Cage once searched England and the United States looking for the Holy Grail.
nWJP7 TIL that the season 5 of Big Brother Germany lasted for 365 days and had a total of 60 houseguests competing for a grand prize of 1 Million Euros, this season also holds the Guinness world record for being the longest uninterrupted live television broadcast
gMlN7 TIL "fox tossing" was a favorite pastime of 18th century aristocrats. A couple would stand apart, with a length of cloth between them, and wait for a fox to be herded between them. At the right moment, they would pull the cloth tight, hurling the fox skyward. Whoever sent the fox highest, won.
KO8BB TIL that the German town Donaueschingen is where the Danube river is born and they have a monument for that, the Donauquelle